iPhone Apps Entertainment

StopMotion Recorder iPhone app Review

Description:

The StopMotion Recorder iPhone app is a really cool way to bring live animations to life just like you’ve seen on other claymations that are out there.

Features:

• One of the cool features of this app is the amazing speed at which the videos will render.  You can also use the loop and reverse rendering techniques as well to give you even more options
• The app also supports the Cavas rotation and you can even use the automatic capture feature that also includes the time interval so that your movies will be fluid and not choppy
• There is also a manual capture mode where you have a few different options as well.  You will be able to do it with the clap sound or just with the simple touch of the screen when you are ready
• There is also a preview option where you can see all the different frames and see if it was what you were going for.  You will be able to edit frame by frame so that you can take out any accidental frames
• There is also an onion skin feature that will help to move to the next shot even more smoothly with the manual capture
• There is a grid on manual mode so that you can make sure that the objects you are shooting are either vertical or horizontal so you can keep things in the right spot
• You can take your videos when they are done and share them on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, or you can just save your movie to the camera roll to watch at a later time.

Conclusion:

Have you ever seen those Chevron commercials or a Wallace and Gromit movie?  If so then you probably have always wondered how they created those claymations and made them look so amazing.  Well now you can bring that stop motion magic right to your own home with the help of the StopMotion Recorder for the iPhone.  You will be able to use this toy video camera to be able to edit, create, and shoot your movies and then upload them onto your social networking sites.  This is a great way to share the impressive works of art you have created.

This app has been given pretty good ratings from reviewers and users alike and is currently standing at a 4 star out of a 5 star rating system.  You are also able to download this app onto your iPhone for a price of $0.99.

WTF with Marc Maron iPhone app Review

Description:

If you love watching Marc Maron, then all you need to do is just download the WTF with Marc Maron iPhone app so that you can get access to all of the latest episodes right from your phone!  One of the cool things this app allows you to do is to download the episodes so that you can watch them offline wherever you may be at the time.  There are a ton of features including the favorites, resume playback, and much more!

Features:

• This app is loaded with extra features.  One of the coolest features on the app is that you will be able to take your smart phone and get streaming access to any one of the episodes so that you can play it literally anywhere
• The app is frequently updated so you won’t have to worry about missing an episode because all of the latest ones will always be on there
• The app is easy to use, you simply download the episodes and then even when you are offline you will be able to view them anywhere you are
• You also have the option of using the playback resume feature which works especially well if you get interrupted by a call or there is some other distraction that you come across
• There is also a favorites section on the app that allows you to make a mark on the episodes that you want to go back to so that you can watch them over and over again at your leisure
• You also will get really quick access to all of the different contact methods for the actual show so you can stay updated
• If you upgrade the app then you can also get access to things like the exclusive bonus content as well as the back catalog from WTF
• You can get the downloadable wallpaper as well as the push notifications that let you know ever time a new episode has been updated

Conclusion:

If you are a big fan of WTF with Marc Maron then this app is a must have.  It keeps you up to date on the latest episodes and information so that you will never miss a thing.

This app has been given a rating of 4 out of 5 stars by iPhone app users that have downloaded it and used it quite a bit.  The price of this app is $0.99 off of the Apple store.

ToonCamera iPhone app Review

Description:

In the ToonCamera iPhone app you will be able to take all sorts of different pictures and then turn them into a real live cartoon.  Once you have molded and changed up your pictures you can then save them in a photo album or share them with everyone you know over social networking sites or over email.  There are a variety of different art and cartoon effects for you to choose from.

Give your life a toon up with ToonCamera, a fun camera and photography app that turns your world into a live cartoon. Snap pictures and save them to your photo album, email them, or share them with others on Twitter and Facebook all from within ToonCamera.

Cartoon and other art style effects are applied to your device’s live camera feed through a form of automatic rotoscoping, a technique used in animated films that involves tracing over frames of live-action video with artistic strokes.

Features:

• This app allows you to create a variety of different effects with all of your pictures.  You will notice that there are 9 different art and cartoon affects that you can access on your camera
• In this app you will be able to do all kinds of things with your photos.  Try different combinations of sketching, stipple, and cartoon styles on all of your pictures til you find the right look
• You can also create a variety of different lines on your pictures.  Choose between the solid lines, the thin lines, and also the really thick lines
• You can take pictures in either the landscape mode or you can do it in the normal portrait mode.  It’s up to you and what parts of the picture that you want to capture
• Once you have taken your pictures and edited them you can then save them into a photo album or you can share them with your friends and family through either facebook and twitter or through email
• If you own an iPod 4 or an iPod Touch 4 then you can rotate between the front and back cameras to get your desire effect with the pictures
• The last feature that you can toggle on and off is the LED flash that is located on the iPhone 4 to make sure that you get everything lit up properly

Conclusion:

One of the fun parts about this app is the ability that it gives you to turn normal pictures into cool art effects on your camera.  The most exciting effect (hence the reason that the app is named after it) is that of the ability to turn things into cartoons.  You will be able to mesh a variety of styles and options to create fun little pieces of art with all of your pictures.  Also, it’s nice to have the front and back facing cameras with the iPhone 4.

This app has been given a rating of 3 1/2 out of 5 stars by iPhone app users and currently can be downloaded onto your iPhone for a price of $1.99.

Good Food – Bad Food iPhone app Review

Description:

So you have finally made the decision to start losing weight and now you are out on the market looking for a great app to help you keep track of your weight loss.  Look no further than the Good Food – Bad Food iPhone app!  This has a lot of different food items and restaurants that you can search through in order to find out what is healthy.  You can also see the amount of calories you are consuming and burning each day.

Features:

• This app has a huge amount of different brand names to choose from.  There are over 1800 different brands as well as 700 different restaurants that all have their full menus on nutrition
• You can also get full descriptions of the characteristics of all of the food items that you are looking at purchasing.  You will get positives and negatives as well as grades on all of the food
• Aside from the written details, you can also get graphic comparisons of a variety of different food items.  You can get up to four different graphic comparisons at a time
• You can also check out the display of how many carbs, calories, protein, and fat you will be getting by consuming each of the food items that you have chosen
• You can also search for a lot of different restaurants as well as food brands. That way you can know ahead of time what to avoid and what to look for
• There is a great tracking ability the app has to count up all of the calories and activities that you have done so far
• You can also customize the app by adding your own activities as well as the amount of calories you have consumed versus the amount of calories you have burned
• There is also a daily measurement feature where you can track how big your waist, thighs, chest, and arms are each day

Conclusion:

The great thing about this app is that it has over 300,000 food items that you can get advice on before you actually purchase them.  This good food bad food app can help you to shop smarter and start realizing those weight loss goals that you have had for years and years.  Download this app today and start getting back into shape!

This app has been given a rating of 5 out of 5 stars by multiple people that have downloaded the current version.  The app can be purchased off of the Apple store for a price of $2.99.

Take Five iPhone app Review

Description:

Don’t you hate it when you forget to put your music back on after you take an interruption?  With the Take Five iPhone app you can have your music automatically restart after five minutes.

Features:

• All you have to do to get started is just install the app and then launch it and then your music will start pausing your tune for five minutes for you to answer your call or to accomplish whatever your distraction is
• One of the other features that you can control on this app is to change the pause time from seconds all they way up to a half an hour.  This just depends on your own personal preferences
• You can just tap the app in order to pause your music throughout the day.  You can do this at any time, whenever you feel like it
• In order to restart your music again manually you can just slide the the time back over to zero.  It is incredibly simple to use and to manage
• When your audio restarts after the designated period of pause time then you will hear the music begin to slowly fade back into hearing range
• You can also use this application to view any of the album art of the music that you are currently listening to.  All you have to do is single tap it in order to access all of your playlists
• The playback controls that come with the app are also incredibly easy to use and you will just have to swipe in order to navigate around your playlists
• Last of all, you can use this app with a remote clicker that is on a standard earbud system.  This makes listening that much easier.

Conclusion:

This is a very simple app that has a very simple purpose.  It is solely for convenience and doesn’t have a million different options, but that is also why it only costs a dollar to download.  Pretty much the developers are trying to reach a market of people that hate having to go back into their music player to restart their music after taking a call or being interrupted for some reason.  The app pretty much will just start playing music again after about five minutes or so in order to let you constantly be listening to all of your music.

This app has been given a rating of 3 1/2 our of 5 stars by a variety of different users that have tried the app out.  The app can also be downloaded and purchased for a price of $0.99.

I Am Vampire iPhone app Review

Description:

Vampires are all the rage these days.  Every girl between the ages of 16 and 50 has read the Twilight series, and even more people have jumped on the True Blood bandwagon from HBO.  No matter how you look at it, vampires are popular and they are here to stay.  If you are a true fan of either of those series, or if you just want to get into the Halloween spirit then the I Am Vampire iPhone app is just what you are looking for.  You will be able to take any picture of yourself and magically turn yourself into your vampire self.  You will be able to include all kinds of features including the colored eyes, the ability to give yourself some fangs, and also perfect that vampire glow in all of its sparkly goodness.  Your eyes can be given the color or black, crimson, or even topaz, it all depends on your style and your likes.  You will be able to transform pictures of your friends, or even of groups and then you can take your pictures and share them with other people while using the email feature.  Or you can upload them onto social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Features:

• This app works with all kinds of different pictures that you have taken.  You can either use the ones that you have taken right from your camera on your phone, or you can take them from your photo library and use them
• One of the really cool parts of the app is how you can add all kinds of color to your eyes to make them look mysterious and sexy.   You will be able to add black color, crimson color, or even topaz color to them
• The other standout feature of the app is the way that you can make your skin sparkle and shine on the app.  You can add the precarious Vampire glow to your skin and have it really stand out
• Another option that is available to you if you choose to use it is that of the fangs.  Add fangs to your teeth to show how your Halloween self can suck the blood of your victims
• Last of all, you can save all of your different pictures and edits right to your photo library or you can choose to share them with friends and family over email or social networking avenues.

Conclusion:

This little entertainment app has been given a rating of 3 out of 5 start by iPhone app users and you can currently use it on your iPhone by purchasing it off of the Apple store for only $0.99.

Carve It! Pumpkin Carving iPhone app Review

Description:

It’s that time of year again where Halloween characters are coming out on everyone’s doorstep. Soon there will be little kids running around of all ages dressed up like witches, lions, the Joker, and Jack Sparrow.  One of the staples of Halloween, however, is that of pumpkin carving.  In order to show your holiday spirit, you have to come up with a creative idea and then carve it onto your pumpkin to show your individuality and also you attention to detail.  In the Carve It! Pumpkin Carving iPhone app your children ages 3 and up will be able to use this little app to do all kinds of pumpkin carving. They will love how they can just use their fingers to carve out a face and then they just touch the candle inside the pumpkin in order to light it.  Once your child has created a pumpkin you can then save it for them to go back and look at, at a later time.  You can also send the pumpkin picture to grandma or anyone else that might like to see it.

Features:

• Depending on how many kids you have, you will love the ability to have different player profiles on the app.  You can have up to 5 different player profiles when you are using the app so you can save all of the pumpkins separately.  You can also have different bungee pumpkin scores
• As your children are deciding what characters they want to use, you will realize that there are over 8 different characters to choose from as your profile so they will have a lot of different options
• Your child can also decide how big of a pumpkin that they would like to carve out.  There are actually 3 different sizes of pumpkins that are available for you, and you will love how easy it is to carve them
• Once you have created your pumpkins you can then save them right onto the phone so that with the click of a button you can share all of these saved pumpkins with your friends and family through email
• The graphics in this little entertainment app are really nice and have been optimized for the iPhone 4 and also the retina display on the iPod touch
• The graphics are very colorful and you will love the sounds that go along with the app to help entertain the younger kids that will be playing it

Conclusion:

This app has been given fairly decent ratings and currently is sitting at a 3 1/2 star rating out of 5 stars by iPhone app critics.  You can download this app onto your iPhone for a price of $0.99.

NFL.com Fantasy Football 2010 iPhone app Review

Description:

Fantasy football is in full swing.  If you are a football lover than this is one of those things you just can’t miss.  There is something super exciting about picking a team of individual players from a bunch of different teams and see how their scoring comes together to help your team succeed.  There are a lot of different factors to consider when choosing players and you will want to have all of the latest news in order to make good drafting decisions.  The NFL.com Fantasy Football 2010 iPhone app is a great way for you to stay updated through audio highlights and even manage your team from your mobile phone.

Features:

• In the NFL.com fantasy football app you will be able to stay on top of all of your favorite teams and the players that are on each of your teams.  You will be able to see how many points they are getting in the fantasy world so that you can create a winning team and beat all of your friends as each progresses through the NFL season
• One of the really cool parts about the app is the ability that you have to listen to the “Big Play” highlights of the matchups between your players.  These audio highlights are a fun way to stay on top of all of your best players as they play every week
• There is another really cool feature that you can access that allows you to track your matchups every single week with the other teams in your league.  You will be able to see the live scoring as it happens so that you can better judge how you are doing against each other
• You will also be able to manage all of your different players and decide how you want your setup to be for each matchup.  You can have your players sit or you can start them.  You can also decide when you want to drop players and which ones that you want to pick up
• There is also a cool feature called the “My Player” news where you can read the latest news on all of your favorite players so that you can stay up to date on any injury updates or anything else that might throw your team into jeopardy
• The last cool thing about the app is that you can manage a bunch of different teams in the NFL.com league

Conclusion:

Although this is the official NFL.com Fantasy Football app, it actually has not gotten very good reviews.  It is currently sitting at a 2 star out of 5 star rating after being downloaded and used by multiple users.  You can download this app onto your iPhone for the small price of only $4.99.

Dallas Cowboys 2010 iPhone app Review

Description:

The Dallas Cowboys 2010 iPhone app is the official NFL app put out by the organization and it is a way for any die hard fan to stay up to date with everything that happens on the team.  You will be able to see all of the players in the Valley Ranch, on their charter planes, also at the brand new stadium, and even in the locker room.  This is your complete way to know everything that is happening to the team, when it happens.  If you really love the Cowboys, then this is a must-have application for the iPhone.

Features:

• One of the best features of this app is the ability that you will have to witness play by play versions of each of the Dallas Cowboys’ games throughout the season
• You will also get other really cool coverage including the half time locker room speech as well as the post game day speech from the head coach to each of his players after they win a game
• You will also get some exclusive videos of all of the pre game and also the post game interviews for both the players and the coach.  You will also get live updates on press conferences as you go throughout the day
• There are also some talk shows that are going on daily that you will be able to tune into to see the good and the bad of how the Cowboys are playing during the regular season
• You will be able to see all of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders in many pictures including their swimsuit photos
• You can also see the pictures of each of the players and the team as a whole as they are on the field and also off of the field

Conclusion:

This is the official app for the NFL football team the Dallas Cowboys.  The Cowboys have been one of the most successful football teams of all time and they have a huge fan base following.  This app is a way that you can stay up to date on everything “Dallas Cowboys” during the entire 2010 football season.  There are only 16 weeks worth of play so you will want to get this app sooner than later so that you can see team and individual player stats, league and division rankings, and also injury updates and any breaking news that might happen.  The only downside to this app is that it costs like four bucks to download.

This app has actually not gotten very good reviews from iPhone app users that have tried it out and used it.  It currently is sitting at a 2 1/2 star out of 5 star rating by fans.  This app can be downloaded and purchased off the app store for only $3.99.

Virtuoso Piano Pro Classic iPhone app Review

Description:

In order to make the most of your virtual piano get the Virtuoso Piano Pro Classic iPhone app and you will have a piano app that is loaded with features.

Features:

• This app has all kinds of really helpful features that will make you feel like you are really playing the piano.  One of these features is that of a master tuning option to help you make sure that your virtual piano sounds correct
• There is also a lot of sound that has been formatted from other real instruments.  You will be able to use over 7 octaves of sound that was sampled from a real concert grand piano
• There are a couple of different modes that are also included on the app.  You can either use the soft una corda or you can use the sustain mode to damper the sampled sounds that have been recorded separately
• The keyboard size on the app is also open to customization.  You can actually decide how big you wan the keyboard size to be and it will actually go up to four octaves
• There is also a metronome that is built into the app as well to help you keep time.  The metronome is also very advanced and will help you to keep tempo on all of the songs that you learn how to play
• Another really cool feature that is included in the app is the ability to have an automatic tempo conversion.  This helps to convert any song into something that is easier for you to play
• There is also a section of this app that has been formatted just for the iPad.  You can use it to be able to play but you can’t do it in silent mode while on the iPad
• There are also some really cool labels for the keys which will include a certain type of color indication.  There is also some universal nomenclature involved as well
• If you want, you can also record all of your songs and then save them and play them back at any time.   You can also customize the project names into whatever is most useful to you
• There are also some overdubing features that can be accessed to help you fiddle with some of the more complex recordings that are available on the app
• You can play chords that involve as many as five different fingers. This gives you a wide variety of harmony
• In order to roll the keys on the virtual piano  you will want to just slide the keys with your fingers

Conclusion:

This app has been given pretty decent ratings from multiple iPhone app users and currently is sitting at a 3 1/2 star out of 5 star rating system.  You can also download this app onto your mobile phone for only $0.99.